Homocercal is a antonym of heterocercal.
Homocercal is a coordinate term of heterocercal.
In ichthyology terms the difference between heterocercal and homocercal
is that heterocercal is of a fish's tail, such that the vertebral column bends and extends upwards into the upper lobe of the tail, making it larger than the lower lobe; as in sharks, rays, and skates while homocercal is describing the symmetric tail of a fish that has two lobes extending from the end of the vertebral column.
heterocercal
English
Adjective
(
en adjective)
(ichthyology) Of a fish's tail, such that the vertebral column bends and extends upwards into the upper lobe of the tail, making it larger than the lower lobe; as in sharks, rays, and skates.
Antonyms
* homocercal
Derived terms
* heterocercality
Coordinate terms
* diphycercal
* heterocercal
* homocercal
* protocercal
Related terms
* heterocerc
homocercal
English
Adjective
(
en adjective)
(ichthyology) Describing the symmetric tail of a fish that has two lobes extending from the end of the vertebral column.
Coordinate terms
* diphycercal
* heterocercal
* protocercal